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They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds

Justseeds Collaboration

Defend DACA
Collaborative print by Raoul Deal, Paul Kjelland, Nicolas Lampert. Printed and designed in 2015 for a Voces de la Frontera fundraiser in Milwaukee.

 

A hand reaches out, palm up, displaying a large marigold. Text above and below states: “They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” The background is dark red, bordered by a cut-paper, or papel picado, ornamental frame including yellow flowers. The hand is rendered in a linocut, or woodcut, style.



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